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The Nobel Women’s Initiative Quarterly Update is available now! Check your inbox, or read it on the web. Subscribe to… Read More »
Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire has embarked on a fast as part of the Jewish Fast for Gaza. The Jewish Fast for… Read More »
October has marked the tenth anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Resolution 1325… Read More »
Burma is planning sham elections on 7 November 2010 which will entrench military rule and deny human rights and democracy…. Read More »
October has marked the tenth anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Resolution 1325… Read More »
Fifteen Nobel Peace Prize Laureates – including the six women of the Nobel Women’s Initiative, Desmond Tutu, and the… Read More »
On Tuesday October 26th, Nobel Women’s Initiative is hosting an event on the women of Burma at the Peace Fair… Read More »
Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi is calling Nokia Siemens’ decision to restrict its business in Iran a ‘major accomplishment for Iranians and the people of… Read More »
Monday, 10/4 Today was the last full day of delegation work. We started the day meeting with members of the… Read More »
Kathleen McIntire is a delegate from California. Kathleen is both a healer and teacher, and runs In Soaring Light. She… Read More »
Lauren Embrey is a delegate from Dallas, Texas. Lauren is the CEO and President of the philanthropic Embrey Family Foundation,… Read More »
New Profile is a grassroots organization dedicated to changing the profile of Israeli society from a militarized community to an… Read More »
Friday, Oct. 1 Hebron. Sorrow. We toured Hebron this morning. It’s one of the primary sites of conflict between Palestinians… Read More »
- Tel Aviv (October 6, 2010) A women’s peace delegation—led by Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams—today wrapped up a seven-day… Read More »
UPDATE: Nasrin Sotoudeh has been on a hunger strike since 25 September at Evin Prison. More than 900 social activists… Read More »
On Monday evening the delegation had a dinner meeting with women from the International Women’s Commission for a Just and… Read More »
Join us this Sunday on 10.10.10 — an international day of action on climate change. From recycling initiatives in Mexico… Read More »
By Jody Williams Tuesday, 5 October 2010, Ambassador Hotel, East Jerusalem In about two and a half hours, some… Read More »
The 2010 Raw in War (Reach All Women in WAR) Anna Politkovskaya Award was yesterday awarded to Halima Bashir. Bashir was working… Read More »
Wednesday, 9/29 Day One. Hard to believe that was just the warmup. After a lovely breakfast overlooking the city on… Read More »
- Jerusalem (October 4, 2010) Israel’s Supreme Court today rejected an appeal from Mairead Maguire’s lawyers, and upheld a deportation… Read More »
In this first week of the Nobel Women’s Initiative Delegation to Israel and Palestine, we met literally hundreds of female peace-builders… Read More »
Tune in at 12:15PM EST today (Monday, Oct. 4) to join Jaclyn Friedman as she live-blogs for the Nobel Women’s… Read More »
By Jody Williams Today is Monday, and we’ve been back in East Jerusalem since late Saturday night. But before… Read More »
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